In a die design I have some models that will have wire-cut openings. My models show the wire-cut profiles but in the drawing file I add a sketched circle to show where to drill a start hole for threading the wire. The model also has tapped holes and such that I call out in a hole table. Is there a way to add the sketched circles to my hole table?
AnnaWood 10:59 am on June 27, 2010 Permalink
Mike,
You need to model like you are going to manufacture. In other words, model in the wire starts, then add your cavities. Then create two configurations of your part, one for Milling and one for the Final part. You set up your hole chart to the Milling configuration.
Here is a link to a blog post I did on the subject a couple years ago. There is a SW2007 you can look at.
http://www.solidmuse.com/2007/02/modeling-for-manufacturing.html
I will look around and post an example or two of some parts and drawings so you can see how we detail these types of parts.
Cheers,
Anna
Anna Wood 12:20 pm on June 27, 2010 Permalink
Mike,
http://visualvault.auerprecision.com/ViewFile.aspx?DlID=2bcf4702-7383-452d-99e1-0ade51e9210a
Here is a link to some examples files of production die details that we send to our shop. We manufacture everything we design.
The single sheet details have two plan views overlaid and Aligned By Origin, Vert and Horz. See views 1 and 5. One plan view shows the Milled configuration the other shows the Default configuration. Hide the Default view and set view focus on the Milled view, then create your hole chart from that.
There is another example of a two sheet drawing with the Milled configuration shown on sheet 2. To get around the holes running into each other I use the same technique. Views 4 and 7 are overlaid. I have three configurations in that file.
I hide lines in the views as needed to get the views looking like I want.
Once you get used to modeling for manufacturing, it becomes second nature and is not that much extra work. Actually, it is the only way you will be able to show wire starts in a hole chart.
Cheers,
Anna